Abstract: A magenta dye-donor element for thermal dye transfer comprising a support having thereon a dye layer comprising a mixture of magenta dyes and a yellow dye dispersed in a polymeric binder, at least one of the magenta dyes having the formula: at least another of the magenta dyes having the formula: said yellow dye having the formula: and said element contains a complexing agent having the formula:

Abstract: A laser donor element comprising a transparent support having thereon the following layers in the order recited: a) a hydrophilic layer; b) a propellant layer comprising a gas-producing polymer being capable of forming a gas upon heating by the laser and an infrared-absorbing material, the propellant layer having been coated using a polar solvent having an Et value of between about 0.3 and 1.0; and c) a colorant transfer layer comprising a white pigment and an optical brightener dispersed in a binder.

Abstract: A magenta dye-donor element for thermal dye transfer comprising a support having thereon a dye layer comprising a mixture of magenta dyes and a yellow dye dispersed in a polymeric binder, at least one of the magenta dyes having the formula: at least another of the magenta dyes having the formula: said yellow dye having the formula: and said element contains a complexing agent having the formula:

Abstract: A colorant-donor element for laser thermal transfer comprising a support having thereon a colorant layer comprising a colorant dispersed in a binder the colorant layer having associated therewith an infrared-absorbing cyanine colorant having a sulfonic acid group, the cyanine colorant having the following formula: wherein: each W independently represents the atoms necessary to form an optional 6-membered aromatic ring; each X independently represents sulfur or C(CH3)2; each Y independently represents an alkylene group having from about 2 to about 5 carbon atoms; Z is chlorine or an alkylsulfonyl group having from 1 to about 4 carbon atoms; and each R independently represents an alkyl group having from 1 to about 6 carbon atoms; and said colorant layer also containing a stabilizer comprising a phenoxy resin, a copolymer of vinyl chloride/vinyl acetate/maleic anhydride or a copolymer of styrene/4-vinylpyridine.

Abstract: A process of controlling the gloss of a thermal dye transfer image comprising: (a) imagewise-heating a dye-donor element comprising a support having thereon a dye layer comprising an image dye in a binder, the dye-donor being in contact with a dye-receiving element, thereby transferring a dye image to an image-receiving layer of the dye-receiving element to form the dye transfer image; and (b) thermally transferring a protection layer on top of the transferred dye image, the protection layer being applied from an element which contains unexpanded synthetic thermoplastic polymeric microspheres, the microspheres having a particle size in the unexpanded condition of from about 5 to about 20 &mgr;m, the protection layer being transferred using a given energy level in order to expand the microspheres until a desired gloss level is obtained.

Abstract: A color ink jet ink set for color printing comprising: (a) a yellow ink comprising a carrier and Direct Yellow 107, Direct Yellow 132 or Direct Yellow 86; (b) a magenta ink comprising a carrier and a water soluble, transition metal complex of an 8-heterocyclylazo-5-hydroxyquinoline dye; and (c) a cyan ink comprising a carrier and a sulfonated copper phthalocyanine dye.

Abstract: A magenta dye-donor element for thermal dye transfer comprising a support having thereon a dye layer comprising a mixture of magenta dyes and a yellow dye dispersed in a polymeric binder, at least one of the magenta dyes having the formula: at least another of the magenta dyes having the formula: said yellow dye having the formula: and said element contains a complexing agent having the formula:

Abstract: A stable coating composition comprising an image dye, an infrared-absorbing dye, a polymeric binder, an organic solvent and a complexing agent having the following formula: wherein Y1 and Y2 each independently represents an alkyl or fluororalkyl group having from 1 to about 6 carbon atoms, an aryl group having from 6 to about 10 carbon atoms or a hetaryl group having from about 5 to about 10 atoms.

Abstract: An ink jet ink composition comprising water, a humectant and a water-soluble azoindole dye.

Abstract: An ink jet printing process for improving the water-fastness of an ink jet image comprising: a) providing an ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-recording layer comprising a cross-linkable gelatin and a mordant, b) applying liquid ink droplets of an anionic, water-soluble dye on the image-recording layer in an image-wise manner, and c) submerging the element in an aqueous solution of a hardener to cross-link the gelatin.

Abstract: A process for making an ink jet ink comprising:a) providing a dispersion containing a pigment, a hydrocarbon carrier and a polyamine/fatty acid condensation polymer dispersant;b) mixing the pigment dispersion with rigid milling media less than 100 .mu.m;c) introducing the mixture of step (b) into a mill;d) milling the mixture from step (c) until the pigment particle size is below about 100 nanometers;e) separating the milling media from the mixture milled in step (d); andf) diluting the mixture from step (e) to obtain an ink jet ink having a pigment concentration suitable for ink jet printers.

Abstract: A laser donor element comprising a transparent support having thereon the following layers in the order recited:a) a hydrophilic layer;b) a propellant layer comprising a gas-producing polymer being capable of forming a gas upon heating by the laser and an infrared-absorbing material, the propellant layer having been coated using a polar solvent having an E.sub.t value of between about 0.3 and 1.0; andc) a colorant transfer layer comprising a colorant dispersed in a binder.

Abstract: A method of improving the durability of an ink jet ink image comprising the steps of: a) providing an ink jet ink receiving layer containing acetoacetylated poly(vinylalcohol); b) depositing pigment-based ink jet ink to form an image on the gelatin-containing ink receiving layer; and c) applying to the image formed in step b) a solution comprising a hardener.

Abstract: A process for making a green color proof of a printed color image comprising:a) generating a set of electrical signals which is representative of the shape and color scale of an original green image;b) contacting a green dye-donor element comprising a support having thereon a dye layer and an infrared-absorbing material with an intermediate dye-receiving element comprising a support having thereon a polymeric, dye image-receiving layer;c) using the signals to imagewise-heat the dye-donor element, thereby transferring a dye image to the intermediate dye-receiving element; andd) retransferring the dye image to a final dye image-receiving element which has the same substrate as the printed color image;wherein the green dye-donor element comprises a support having thereon a dye layer comprising a mixture of a yellow dye and a cyan dye dispersed in a polymeric binder, the yellow dye having the formula A: ##STR1## the cyan dye has either the following formula B or C wherein the formula B has the structure: ##STR2##

Abstract: An ink jet ink composition which provides an image having an improved water-fastness comprising water, an anionic, water-soluble dye and from about 0.1 to about 10% by weight of a hardener.

Abstract: A color ink jet ink set for color printing; comprising(a) a first ink comprises a carrier and a bridged aluminum phthalocyanine pigment as a cyan colorant;(b) a second ink comprising a carrier and a quinacridone pigment as a magenta colorant;(c) a third ink comprising a carrier and a non-benzidine yellow pigment as a yellow colorant; and(d) at least one additional ink comprising a carrier and a colorant which is:(i) an orange colorant comprising a Naphthol AS, .beta.-Naphthol, diketopyrrolo-pyrrole or a disazopyrazolone pigment;(ii) a green colorant comprising a copper phthalocyanine green or a triarylcarbonium pigment; or(iii) a violet colorant comprising a quinacridone, triarylcarbonium, benzimidazolone, or a dioxazine pigment.

Abstract: A color ink jet ink set for color printing; comprising(a) a first ink comprising a carrier and a copper phthalocyanine pigment as a cyan colorant;(b) a second ink comprising a carrier and a quinacridone pigment as a magenta colorant; and(c) a third ink comprising a carrier and Pigment Yellow 155 as a yellow colorant.

Abstract: An ink jet ink comprising a carrier medium, a colorant, and thermoplastic polymeric particles; wherein said polymeric particles have a glass transition temperature between 30.degree. and 200.degree. C., and an average diameter between 10 and 1000 nm.

Abstract: An ink jet printing process for improving the water-fastness of an ink jet image comprising:a) providing an ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-recording layer comprising a cross-linkable polymer of acetoacetylated poly(vinyl alcohol) and a mordant,b) applying liquid ink droplets of an anionic, water-soluble dye on the image-recording layer in an image-wise manner, andc) submerging the element in an aqueous solution of a hardener to cross-link the binder.

Abstract: An ink jet ink composition comprising water, a humectant, and a delocalized cationic azo dye derived from the quatemization of a heterocyclic azoaminothiazole dye.